Aspergillus elegans is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Circumdati section.[2] The species was first described in 1978.[1]

Aspergillus elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Eurotiales
Family: Aspergillaceae
Genus: Aspergillus
Species:
A. elegans
Binomial name
Aspergillus elegans
Gasperini (1887)[1]

Growth and morphology

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A. elegans has been cultivated on both Czapek yeast extract agar (CYA) plates and Malt Extract Agar Oxoid® (MEAOX) plates. The growth morphology of the colonies can be seen in the pictures below.

References

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  1. ^ a b Gasperini, G. 1887. Sopra un nuovo morbo, che attacca i limoni e sopra alcuni ifomiceti. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali. 8(2):328-332
  2. ^ Visagie, C.M.; Varga, J.; Houbraken, J.; Meijer, M.; Kocsubé, S.; Yilmaz, N.; Fotedar, R.; Seifert, K.A.; Frisvad, J.C.; Samson, R.A. (2014). "Ochratoxin production and taxonomy of the yellow aspergilli (Aspergillus section Circumdati)". Studies in Mycology. 78: 1–61. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2014.07.001. PMC 4255584. PMID 25492980.